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1、8大学英语四级考试模拟试题大学英语四级考试模拟试题Model Test EightPart Listening ComprehensionDirections: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. Choose the correct answer-A, B, C or D,

2、and then, mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Section A11. A) At 2:50. B) At 3:50. C) At 1:50. D) At 4:50.12. A) Murder. B) Burglary. C) Stealing. D) Robbery.13. A) She is seldom happy. B) She is always happy. C) She likes her new job. D) She hardly likes her new

3、 job.14. A) New York. B) Chicago. C) Los Angeles. D) Washington.15. A) Saying goodbye to a friend. B) Buying a ticket for a sports event. C) Paying a bill at the bank. D) Arranging a plane trip for the woman.16. A) She thinks that the man is strange. B) She wants the policeman to protect her. C) She

4、 does not know how to get to the nearest hotel. D) She does not know how to talk with a stranger.17. A) He is interested only in her ideas. B) He will accept a later paper from her. C) He will not accept a later paper from her. D) He wants her to hand in her paper immediately.18. A) Two years ago. B

5、) Last year. C) This year. D) In December.19. A) He needs to take one more course as required. B) He plays an instrument the group needs. C) She thinks taking the course would improve his grades in general. D) She thinks hes the best musician at the college.20. A) Once a week. B) Twice a week. C) Ev

6、ery other day. D) Every evening.21. A) Cello. B) Piano. C) Violin. D) Bass. 22. A) Try to find his music books. B) Look for a new instrument. C) Start taking lessons from a professional. D) Practice playing his instrument.23. A) It is made of hour, tomato and cheese. B) It is made of flour, fish and

7、 chocolate. C) It can be flavored with various things. D) It doesnt contain any fish.24. A) Low calorie. B) Low protein. C) High calorie. D) Very strange.25. A) Two years. B) Three years. C) Four years. D) A few years.Section BPassage 126. A) It is as long as the civilization of India. B) It is as l

8、ong as that of any western country. C) It is a little shorter than civilization of India. D) It is longer than the civilization of India.27. A) It belongs exclusively to the nations wealthiest. B) It is believed by only the illiterate masses. C) It has an increasing number of gods. D) It is graduall

9、y replaced by the idea of materialism.28. A) Because it is based on real stories. B) Because it evolves with human history. C) Because it is believed by many people. D) Because it has such a long history.Passage 229. A) Crowded air traffic. B) The large size of airplanes. C) Mistakes by air traffic

10、controllers. D) Bad weather.30. A) 79 and 176. B) 69 and 197. C) 69 and 176. D) 79 and 197.31. A) To show that air travel is far safer than driving a car. B) To show the great importance of pilots. C) To give an example of air disasters. D) To show the key role played by air traffic controllers.32.

11、A) Those who were born in spring. B) Those who were born in summer. C) Those who were born in autumn. D) Those who were born in winter.Passage 333. A) Seasonal differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy. B) Infection occurring at different times of the year. C) Its family background. D) Both A

12、 and B.34. A) At the beginning of the 18th century. B) At the beginning of the 19th century. C) At the beginning of the 20th century. D) At the beginning of the 21th century.35. A) A mother giving birth in spring will eat less vitamins than those giving birth in autumn. B) In summer, babies are like

13、ly to suffer infections of the digestive system. C) In Austria, adults born in autumn lived longer than those born in spring. D) Although nutrition at all times of the year has improved, the seasonal pattern persists.Section CThe new medical insurance system that will see gradual will see gradual in

14、troduction this year will change the life and healthcare for Chinas 400 million (36) _ residents.Unlike now, employees of (37) _ owned enterprises will no longer be (38) _ under the new (39) _. People who have enjoyed virtually free medical care working for government offices and state-owned busines

15、ses will have to learn to be (40) _ when dealing with health problems.Employees of Chinas state-owned enterprises and institutions (41) _ enjoyed free medical care with expenses (42) _ by the government and state-owned enterprises. According to the new system, both the employers and employees will s

16、hare medical expenses.Enterprises will contribute six percent of the entire (43) _ salaries to medical care insurance. (44) _. The rest will be set aside as overall medical funds. (45) _.The overall medical funds, the pool of money created by the employer, will start contributing to medical expenses

17、 when they exceed 10 per cent of that persons average annual income. (46) _ the money will be subtracted from that individual account.答案:11. C 12.D 13.C 14.D 15.D 16.C 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.A21. C 22.D 23.C 24.A 25.D 26.D 27.C 28.B 29.D 30. C31. D 32.C 33.D 34.C 35.C36. urban37. non-publicly38. excluded

18、39. scheme40. thriftier41. previously42. shouldered43. staffs44. Of that total, thirty percent will go to employees personal accounts45. Employees will have to pay two percent of their monthly salaries into their personal medical insurance accounts46. When medical costs for a person are below ten pe

19、r cent of the patients average annual incomePart Writing (30 minutes)Directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Online Chat. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese:1. 随着计算机和网络的普及,网上

20、聊天越来越普遍;2. 网上聊天有一定的好处,但也带来一些问题.Online ChatWith the Internet joining people all over the world, online chat has become very common in our daily life. For college students in China, most of them have experiences in online chatting.Just imagine you can chat with your parents, friends, or even strangers

21、 by using the Internet. However, the magic of online chat is the freedom that you will experience while you are chatting online. You can express your thoughts, feelings, and experiences to people whom you have never met. You can easily make friends and find someone you love.However fascinating onlin

22、e chat may be, never spend too much time on it. For us college students, the priority is to complete our education and get ourselves prepared for the future. Besides, the Internet can be an ugly world. Be aware of the possibility that you may be trapped in the Internet and find yourself lost.Part Re

23、ading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)The United Nations: The World in One BuildingDo you know the old Arab story about a bird called the phoenix? First it burned to death. Then it came back to life. That doesnt sound believable, does it? But there is an example of the phoenix in o

24、ur own time: The United Nations. In 1945, it brought the dream of world peace back to life again after World War.Reasons for the existence of the UNSince the day of its birth, the United Nations has been the subject of much debate. Some people attack the organization because they think it is too pow

25、erful. Others think that it is too weak. We can better understand this debate if we learn more about the UN and its history.The UN was started for two reasons. First, when the idea was born, people all over the world were tired of war. They were tired not just of World War, but of war itself. They f

26、elt that there must be peaceful answers to the worlds problems. They felt that only an international organization could keep world peace.The second reason was that modern science had developed new bombs and airplanes. These weapons made it almost impossible for a country to defend itself. National b

27、orders were beginning to lose their meaning. There was also a feeling that this was only the beginning. Science would develop even more dangerous weapons in the future. Only an international organization would be able to control modern science.Founders of the UNFranklin Delano Roosevelt, who was Pre

28、sident of the United States at the time, believed that the Allies should plan for peace before the war ended. On December 1, 1943, Roosevelt, Winston Churchill of Great Britain and Joseph Stalin of the former Soviet Union agreed to start an organization for world peace. They asked all countries, lar

29、ge and small, to join them.During the next year and a half, the idea of such an organization was debated in all the capitals of the world. Then came a big day in modern history . On April 11, 1945, the first international meeting of the United Nations took place in San Francisco.The goal of the meet

30、ing was to write the UN Charter. All of the fifty-one nations at the meeting had their own ideas to offer for the Charter. After a long debate, a Charter was agreed upon. Every nation present voted for the Charter, no one voted against it.The UN CharterThe UN Charter is a beautiful piece of writing.

31、 In language it explains why the UN was started. The reasons are: 1) to keep world peace; 2) to find answers to the worlds social and economic problems; 3) to win respect for human rights; and 4) to help win freedom for people on earth.Since 1945, the number of nations that have signed the UN Charter has more than doubled. These countries contain almost the whole population of the world. Every kind of government can be found at the UN. And there is one idea which all these countries agre